[SATLUG] Oppose I.P., Software Patents, and other dangerous legislation!

[Charles D Hogan]

Hmmmm, maybe someone trying to patent software used for generating and 
formatting documents for viewing and printing, and for documents to be 
shared with others in either electronic or paper format would get 
attention. :)

Tom Weeks wrote:

>M$ has filed like over 3,400 patents over the years.. and it looks like a 
>great many of the newer ones are aimed dead at the heart of Linux and other 
>Open Source products that they can't "own" any other way:
>http://swpat.ffii.org/players/microsoft/index.en.html
>(some of these are just plain ludicrous)
>
>What prevents them from lurking on source forge.. spotting "cool ideas" and 
>patenting them?  The concept is down right revolting.
>
>This is yet another reason why we American geeks need to join in and pick up 
>the international flag of opposition on software patents.
>http://www.petitiononline.com/pasp01/petition.html
>http://www.publicknowledge.org/action/IPPA2391
>
>Related:
>http://www.petitiononline.com/nixdmca/petition.html
>http://www.fsf.org/server/takeaction.html
>
>Tweeks
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